Benchmark: Lodash cloneDeep vs JSON parse+stringify vs native deepClone vs structuredClone with large object

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function deepClone(obj) {
  return Object.keys(obj).reduce(
    (acc, key) => {
      acc[key] = getValue(obj[key]);
      return acc;
    },
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  );
}

function getValue(value) {
  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
    return value.map(getValue);
  }

  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
    return deepClone(value);
  }

  return value;
}

function deepClone2(obj) {
  return Object.keys({ ...obj }).reduce(
    (acc, key) => {
      acc[key] = getValue2(obj[key]);
      return acc;
    },
    { ...obj }
  );
}

function getValue2(value) {
  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") {
    return value;
  }

  return Array.isArray(value) ? value.map(getValue) : deepClone2(value);
}

var testCopy = null;

Tests:

lodash
testCopy = _.cloneDeep(testObject);
Native JSON parse
testCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(testObject));
Native deepClone
testCopy = deepClone(testObject);
Native structuredClone
testCopy = structuredClone(testObject);

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Test case name	Result
lodash
Native JSON parse
Native deepClone
Native structuredClone

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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**Benchmarking Libraries**

You're comparing four different libraries: Lodash (`_`), JSON.parse(), native `deepClone()` function, and native `structuredClone()` function. The library with the highest number of executions per second will likely be considered faster.

**Benchmark Results**

Here are the benchmark results:

| Test Name | Executions Per Second |
| --- | --- |
| Native deepClone | 83760.5390625 |
| Lodash (`_`) | 22443.94140625 |
| Native JSON parse | 20565.34375 |
| Native structuredClone | 23998.83984375 |

**Ranking**

Based on the benchmark results, the ranking from fastest to slowest is:

1. **Native structuredClone**: 23998.83984375 executions per second
2. **Native deepClone**: 83760.5390625 executions per second
3. **Lodash (`_`)`: 22443.94140625 executions per second
4. **Native JSON parse**: 20565.34375 executions per second

It appears that the native `structuredClone()` function is currently the fastest, followed closely by the native `deepClone()` function. Lodash and native JSON.parse() are slower in this benchmarking scenario.

Related benchmarks:

Lodash cloneDeep vs JSON parse+stringify vs native deepClone vs structuredClone with large object (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: lodash vs Native JSON parse vs Native deepClone vs Native structuredClone

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Native JSON parse

Native deepClone

Native structuredClone

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